This is an analysis of the poem The Survivor that begins with:
I am twenty-four
led to slaughter...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC XddXd eDXc fefgg eDXg bXfd ABC X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,5,4,4,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 1010 101 0100110100 111 111 111 1011 01010111001 110 100111 10101 010111 1011 111 101100 101100 1011101 110 001111 1001100 110101010 1101111011 11011101010 111011001 11101 1010 101 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word may is repeated.
The author used the same words the, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Survivor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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